Left (Win).
蓬生の末葉の露の消えかへりなをこの世にと待たん物かは
yomogyū no sueba no tsuyu no kiekaeri nao kono yo ni to matan mono ka wa |
From the mugwort Leaf-tips, the dewdrops Have all vanished; Yet within this world Can I wait on…? |
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Right.
頼めとや頼めし宵の更くるこそかつがつ變る心なりけれ
tanome to ya tanomeshi yoi no fukuru koso katsugatsu kawaru kokoro narikere |
‘Believe in me’ And so I did, but Night goes on And, indeed, His heart has changed! |
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Left and Right state: the contents of both poems are fine.
Shunzei’s judgement: the conception and configuration of both poems is elegant, and the Left’s ‘from the mugwort leaf-tips, the dewdrops’ (yomogyū no sueba no tsuyu) sounds fine. The Left should win.